DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 2, 2021) — Scott County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Roxanna Moritz announced today that her office learned yesterday, March 1, 2021, that her staff had missed an e-mail from staff of the Secretary of State noting that an emergency directive regarding absentee-voting at health-care facilities, primarily nursing homes, also put into effect a new section of the Iowa Code which requires that at least 65 percent of polling places be opened in an electio

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 22, 2021) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces Rivermont Collegiate School has qualified for the 2021 Carrie Chapman Catt Award by registering more than ninety-percent of eligible students to vote. The award is named after the famous Iowan who was instrumental in securing passage of the 19th Amendment, granting women access to the ballot box.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 10, 2021) — Scott County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Roxanna Moritz has announced that those wishing to vote by mail-in absentee ballots for the March 2, 2021 Special Elections should submit their requests now.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 14, 2021) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is encouraging all Iowa high schools to participate in a statewide effort to register students to vote. Each school that registers at least 90 percent of their eligible students by April 16 will receive the 2021 Carrie Chapman Catt Award, named after the Iowan who was a national leader in the women’s suffrage movement.